by Jeanne Kore Salvato | Apr 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
ne feature of living in a foreign country is that you get a glimpse not only of the current political issues but also the larger trends floating around. I will always remember after Colin Powell presented so called evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq...
by Jeanne Kore Salvato | Apr 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
ot long ago on the radio I heard a solo piano piece called, I thought, “le Rossignol a disparu.” This means the nightingale has disappeared. Ah, just like Milan Kundera’s nightingale, I thought, who has also disappeared. The nightingale for him is an image...
by Jeanne Kore Salvato | Apr 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
t is no wonder that Samuel Beckett set his play, Waiting for Godot, in the French countryside with a leafless tree and a moon for company. I believe the two vagabonds wandering around the countryside were on the run from French politics. France is having its first...
by Jeanne Kore Salvato | Apr 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
recently listened to a podcast by writer and teacher Maryama Antoine, called, “Toni Morrison, on the pursuit of goodness.” Ah, that word, “goodness.” And when I wondered which French text had to do with goodness, I thought of The Little Prince by French...
by Jeanne Kore Salvato | Mar 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
he title of the novel The City of Good Death by Priyanka Champaneri already contains an interesting premise to think about: some cities are better places than others for that universal wish we all hold, to die a good death with no regrets. This is our...
by Jeanne Kore Salvato | Mar 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
he haunting image of a musician playing farewell on her piano to her home that had been bombed by the Russians has chased many other thoughts away. I wanted to appreciate Ukrainian culture now that we are standing in solidarity with the Ukrainian people. ...